Canadian Musician - September/October 2020 | Page 5

INDIE INSIDER
Why You Should Insure
Your Gear
ROAD TEST
Austrian Audio’s Hi-X55
headphones, a trio of effects
from Diamond Pedals &
Oeksound’s Soothe2 plug-in
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Toronto artist TOBi’s quick rise
to stardom, Pg. 44
DEPARTMENTS
9 First Take
12 Changes
18 Canadian Musician Podcast
19 Events
64 Hot Gear
71 Advertisers’ Index
74 Tech Tools
76 Classifieds
78 Showcase
COLUMNS
25 Guitar – Hal Rodriguez
26 Keyboards – Daniel Vnukowski
27 Bass – Alex Fournier
28 Percussion – Ted Warren
29 Woodwinds – Andy Ballantyne
30 Brass – Chris Coletti
31 Digital Music – FutureDJs
32 Vocals – Jeremy Drury
58 Writing – Donny Anderson
59 Recording – Eli Krantzberg
60 Live Sound – Panel
62 Business – Alayna Kolodziechuk
FEATURES
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Hannah
Georgas
All That Emotion Is
an Album for Our
Times
By Adam Kovac
Hannah Georgas’ new album is all
about making sense of pain, and
while it was written and recorded
prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, it
couldn’t be more relevant in these
trying times.
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September/October 2020, Vol. XLII, No. 5
Baby on Board
How Do Professional
Musicians with Kids Make
It Work?
By Michael Raine
Adding the unpredictability of parenthood to a
musician’s already unpredictable life makes for one
hell of a balancing act – but one people have been
performing for decades.
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Productivity &
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MacKenzie Porter
An Unparalleled Upward Trajectory
By Andrew King
The word “unprecedented” has been tossed around
a lot lately, and fair enough, but there’s really no
better word to describe MacKenzie Porter’s rise to
prominence.
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TOBi
First Toronto, Now the World
By Andrew King
One of Toronto’s hottest exports is garnering some
serious international attention. That’s always been
the goal, and he has no plans to leave his city or
country behind.
Progress in
Unprecedented Times
Our 2020 Keyboard Special
By Kevin Young
If there’s anything positive about 2020 thus far, it’s
that people have become more willing to adapt
and rethink and, when we say things like ‘We’re all
in this together,’ we mean it.
Daniel Vnukowski’s livestreaming tips
for pianists & others, Pg. 26
COVER PHOTO:
Hannah Georgas by
Vanessa Heins,
www.vanessaheins.com.